When I hiked it I was hopeful that the largest un-named island had a pond hidden behind the trees, but I didn't have a boat so I couldn't go look.posted by wenestvedt at 12:55 PM on January 23, 2014 [1 favorite]

Hmm. This seemingly unnamed island on a lake on Glover Island in Grand Lake on the island of Newfoundland looks bigger than 40 m, which is the size given for Vulcan Point.

Something else I already knew about by obsessively watching QI.posted by doctor_negative at 1:12 PM on January 23, 2014

. . . Lake Superior holds the giant island Isle Royale, which surrounds Lake Desor, which has a few islands in the middle. When I hiked it I was hopeful that the largest un-named island had a pond hidden behind the trees, but I didn't have a boat so I couldn't go look.

I think the Vulcan Point Fine Arts League needs to mount a production of Victor Victoria.posted by sonascope at 1:23 PM on January 23, 2014 [1 favorite]

A few years back I made a point to take a canoe trip to Lake Windigo, which is on Star Island, inside Cass Lake, in northern Minnesota. It was very interesting and was home to a colony of startlingly big sunfish, which made delicious fish tacos.posted by norm at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2014 [1 favorite]

There's no way Newfoundlanders would call that thing on Glover Island a lake. Anything that size is a pond in the local toponymy: my lasting linguistic tic from four years on the Rock.posted by cardboard at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2014

Lake Windigo...startlingly big sunfish

I camp on Star Island every summer, and I can corroborate that the sunfish are absurdly large in Lake Windigo, which sits inside Star Island, which sits in Cass Lake, which is actually a wide spot in the Mississippi River and, oddly enough, 40 miles or so North of the headwaters (the river starts out north and heads south soon after leaving Cass Lake.posted by mcstayinskool at 4:25 PM on January 23, 2014 [2 favorites]

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